S.Amdt. 2392

SA 2392. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REVIEW OF
EFFECT OF OTHER-THAN-HONORABLE DISCHARGES ON
VETERAN EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.

(a) Review Required.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall, in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the
Secretary of Labor, complete a review of the effect of
discharges and releases from service in the active military,
naval, or air service under conditions other than honorable
on employment outcomes for veterans who were so discharged or
released.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the effect of a discharge or release
described in subsection (a) on a veteran's employment
outcomes.
(2) Development of recommendations for legislative or
administrative action to reduce the negative effect of such a
discharge or release on employment outcomes, including
potential educational campaigns.
(3) An assessment of agency outreach or other relevant
efforts to inform veterans of their ability to seek a change
to their character of discharge through a discharge review
board.
(4) An assessment of the progress of the Secretary of
Defense in implementing the recommendations of the
Comptroller General published in the Government
Accountability Office report GAO-17-260 in May of 2017 on
actions needed to ensure post-traumatic stress disorder and
traumatic brain injury are considered in misconduct
separations.
(5) A review and development of recommended areas for
improvement in the implementation by the Department of
Defense of its August 25, 2017, clarifying guidance to
Military Discharge Review Boards and Board for Correction of
Military/Naval Records related to mental health conditions,
sexual assault, or sexual harassment. Such review shall
include identifying statistics on the number of upgrades and
discharge reliefs requested and granted and the average
timeframe for review of such requests.
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which
the Comptroller General completes the review required by
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to
Congress a report on the results of the review.
(d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``active
military, naval, or air service'', ``discharge or release'',
and ``veteran'' have the meaning given such terms in section
101 of title 38, United States Code.
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